Method and system for calculating energy metrics of a building and one or more zones within the building

摘要

A method and system can provide building energy performance metrics that can help identify specific zones within a building which may have energy efficiency problems. The method and system can collect data from: indoor temperature sensors and humidity sensors present in each zone of a building; one or more temperature sensors and humidity sensors present outside of the building; one or more utility meters; and one or more HVAC devices. This data from the sensors can be aggregated and formed into a first profile. The energy efficiency calculation system can analyze the first profile to provide various energy performance metrics which can include, but are not limited to, energy efficiency ratios for air conditioners, the R-value or thermal resistance of the building, an amount of heat loss for the building, energy consumption by the building, current HVAC performance parameters, and utility usage comparisons.

主权项

1. A method for calculating energy metrics of a building comprising:
formatting data received from one or more environmental sensors into a profile; determining one or more energy metrics for the building based on the profile; providing energy metrics from one or more other similar buildings in a geography containing both the building and the one or more other similar buildings; and identifying a particular zone within the building which may have energy efficiency issues.